# Monkey foot and palm prints differ between individuals, as they do in humans

Source: [Biology News - Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology](https://phys.org/news/2026-11-monkey-foot-palm-differ-individuals.html) · 2026-11-11 · Life
Page: https://themorning.science/story/monkey-foot-and-palm-prints-differ-between-individuals-as-they-do-in-humans-d33f1bf0b3d4e0a5
Kind: research · Impact: low

## In brief

- In three monkey species, the complex ridge patterns on feet and palms vary between individuals, similar to human fingerprints.
- The study was published in the open-access journal PLOS One by Juliana Vieira Flores Sales at Universidade de Brasília and colleagues.

## Why it matters

It shows that individually distinctive friction-ridge patterns occur in non-human primates, not only in humans, which is relevant to research on primate biology and individual identification.

## Coverage

- [Monkey foot and palm prints differ between individuals, as they do in humans](https://phys.org/news/2026-11-monkey-foot-palm-differ-individuals.html) — Biology News - Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology, 2026-11-11

Tags: primates, biology, fingerprints, morphology, zoology

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